Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1887-02-25
TIfE wren or HARPNIVELL.

The frath"ry branches ui the hcm!ucks
| that stood, tall aud spmbcr. beside the path
along lIurp-Wril Neck, sou.hcl softly in
the November wind and the funeral train
that wenlci lis slow way. with frequent
hatmg>, through, the woodland track.
might hear also the muuplouuus sound Of
| the surf on the rocks ont OF sight, yet not
! far away.
II WAS a singular procession Six braw-
as li-l-,,iics carried the rude bier. upon
which rested coffin unpaiutel and clumsy.
while behind came "a TAIL pale giyl support
! ing the ,tcr- of a man who -e"utcj too fec
| bile for the t.l,k of walking at ALL After
| THESE two iuourners. 90 who's. faces the ell
| fort ut REFRESHING emotion had lent AN vN-
| preston OF cold .teruucs,. came a handful
of women, who struggled rregul1rly for
Wari avoiding tine rough place, in the for
est path wiih q half instructive .cu,e that
ron.- from long familiarity
Now and then the bearers wrr. in silence
relieved ut their solemn burden. and with
stIlid upa-siyeness the train nuvrd un
/ The quaint lrcS>c, of the women. tine cold
/ light filtered through the tossing h1ughs of
| pine and hemlock. the inournful bier com
/ biurd TO- produce "A sal and strange effect.
| Even the stoiid li,h-,yives who were thus
accompanying Elkninh .Stovcrs second wife
| to her last resting place were not wholly
unconscious OF the willuu,s of the circum-
stances. and although they had few words
| in which 20 express their feelings. they now
and then muttercd half 10 themselves and
| hall 10 each other some comment which in
| Dictated the establishment little short Of stu
| pefacton of people used to the most CON
monplace round Of life who find themselves
suddenly taking part in remarkable and
| startling occurrences
The last century wa, not far past noon.
| la1,swell Neck. now a long cape, almost
| bare Of trees, stretching out into Casco bay
/ in uunttractiye barrennus,, was then still
| thickly wooded and only path through
| the prinevnl forest connected the fishing
settlement at its end with the small village
| gathered about the graveyard and the old
| square church. still standing. where Parson
| Eaton, or, as the country people universally
called him. Priest Eaton, broke the bread of
| life ~ his seafaring flock
There had been grave doubts how Priest
| Eaton might feel about performing the last
rites over the body that tine women, angriiy
| deserted 10y the men Of the settlement, were
YEARLY bearing TO her grave. Hannah
| StoNer had not only been Quaker, causing
| great scandal boy refusing t. be present at
| the services in the old square church, but
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